Children in Distress A Guide for Screening Children's Art

by Hardin, Milton Edward; Peterson, Linda Whitney

• ISBN13: 9780393702484
• ISBN10: 0393702480
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

The authors have developed a simple, one-page art screening form for use with the "human figure drawing" (HFD) and the "kinetic family drawing" (KFD), which has brought a standardization to the interview of these children and the interpretation of their art. This is invaluable to front-line clinicians, private practitioners, trauma centers, child protective services, and the legal system.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(4)
Figures and Tables	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(4)
Chapter 1 Analysis and Interpretation of Children's Drawings	15	(18)
Case Example 1	16	(1)
Purpose of this Manual	17	(1)
Why Use Child Art Productions?	17	(1)
A Message to the Clinician	18	(1)
Priority	18	(1)
Position	18	(1)
Practice	19	(1)
Reliability and Validity in Drawing Interpretation	19	(9)
Premises of Drawing Methodology and Interpretation	20	(1)
Qualitative Analysis	20	(1)
Quantitative Analysis	21	(2)
Detection of Emotional Abuse Indicators in Drawings	23	(1)
Detection of Sexual Abuse Indicators in Drawings	24	(2)
Detection of Physical Abuse Indicators in Drawings	26	(1)
Kinetic Family Drawings	26	(1)
Frequency of Indicators and Cultural Differences	27	(1)
Contextual Considerations in Drawing Interpretation	28	(1)
Organization and Use of this Manual	28	(1)
Case Example 2	29	(4)
Chapter 2 Implementing the Drawing Method	33	(6)
Supplies and Setting	33	(1)
Instructions	33	(1)
Human Figure Drawing	33	(1)
Kinetic Family Drawing	34	(1)
Labeling	34	(1)
Overinterpretation	34	(5)
Interpretation of Personality	34	(1)
Overinterpretation from One Drawing	34	(1)
Projection of the Interpreter into the Drawing	35	(1)
Misinterpretation of Drawing by Child with Impaired Fine Motor Skills	35	(2)
Implications of Color	37	(2)
Chapter 3 The Child Human Figure Drawing Inventory and Interview	39	(20)
Screening Inventory	39	(17)
Interview Guide	56	(3)
Chapter 4 The Child Kinetic Family Drawing Inventory and Interview	59	(46)
Screening Inventory	59	(43)
Interview Guide	102	(3)
Chapter 5 Implications of Systematic Screening for Child Art Indicators	105	(4)
Afterword	109	(2)
Self-Tests	111	(15)
References	126	(3)
Appendices	129	(1)
A Expected and Exceptional Developmental Items on Human Figure Drawings of Boys and Girls Age 5-12	129	(1)
B Human Figure Drawing Research by Milton Hardin	130	(1)
C Comparison of Koppitz and Hardin Indicators	131	(1)
D Results of Milton Hardin's Research (1989-90) on the Screening Inventory for Child Human Figure Drawings	132	(4)
E K-F-D Analysis	136	(1)
F Human Figure Drawing Indicator Meanings	137	(2)
G Kinetic Family Drawing Indicator Meanings	139